Tihamah coastal plain

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The Tihamah coastal plain is a hot, low-lying strip of land along the Red Sea coast of the Arabian Peninsula, known for its extreme climate and historical trade routes.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coastal plain
geographical region
borders Red Sea
boundedBy Red Sea
Afro-Arabian Rift System
surface form: western escarpment of Arabian Shield
climateType hot desert climate
elevationRange near sea level
extendsThrough western Saudi Arabia
Yemen
surface form: western Yemen
hasCharacteristic extreme heat
high humidity near coast
low-lying
narrow strip of land
salt flats
sandy plains
hasClimate arid
hot
humid
hasEconomicActivity port trade
small-scale farming
hasLanguageRegion Arabic
hasNameVariant Tihama
Tihamah coastal plain self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tihamah plain
hasRisk heat-related health stress
periodic flooding in wadis
hasSettlementType coastal towns
fishing villages
hasVegetation coastal mangroves in some areas
sparse desert vegetation
historicallyLinkedTo Indian Ocean trade network
surface form: Indian Ocean trade

Red Sea–Mediterranean–Indian Ocean shipping route
surface form: Red Sea trade network
influences local Red Sea maritime climate
knownFor caravan routes to interior of Arabia
extreme climate
historical trade routes
maritime trade along Red Sea
locatedIn Arabian Peninsula
Middle East
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
locatedOn Red Sea
parallelTo Red Sea coast
partOf Hejaz
surface form: Hejaz region

Red Sea coast
surface form: Red Sea coastal region

Hadhramaut
surface form: Yemeni coastal region
runsAlong western Arabian Peninsula
traversedBy historic pilgrimage routes to Mecca
usedFor agriculture in irrigated areas
fishing

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Arabian Peninsula contains Tihamah coastal plain
Jeddah locatedOnCoastOf Tihamah coastal plain
this entity surface form: Red Sea coast
Yemeni Highlands borders Tihamah coastal plain
Tihamah coastal plain hasNameVariant Tihamah coastal plain self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tihamah plain
Tihamah partOf Tihamah coastal plain
this entity surface form: Red Sea coastal belt
Jazan Region partOf Tihamah coastal plain
this entity surface form: Hejaz and Tihamah coastal belt
Al Hudaydah locatedIn Tihamah coastal plain
Yemen Arab Republic borderedBy Tihamah coastal plain
Sarawat Mountains adjacentTo Tihamah coastal plain
Sabya hasRegion Tihamah coastal plain
this entity surface form: Tihamah coastal plain (broad geographic area)
Abu Arish locatedInGeographicRegion Tihamah coastal plain
Samtah locatedInCulturalRegion Tihamah coastal plain
this entity surface form: Tihamah (Red Sea coastal plain)
Baish locatedInGeographicalRegion Tihamah coastal plain
Hijaz Mountains separates Tihamah coastal plain
this entity surface form: Red Sea coastal plain
Hijaz Mountains adjacentTo Tihamah coastal plain
Tihama partOf Tihamah coastal plain
this entity surface form: Red Sea coastal plain
Yanbu Governorate coastType Tihamah coastal plain
this entity surface form: Red Sea coastal plain
Rabigh coastType Tihamah coastal plain
this entity surface form: Red Sea coastal plain
Al Hada mountain road connectsRegion Tihamah coastal plain
Augustan wars hasLocation Tihamah coastal plain
this entity surface form: Tihama coast
Bait al-Barakah nearTo Tihamah coastal plain
this entity surface form: Barka coastal area